PIQET life cycle assessment tool

Owned and developed by Lifecycles, PIQET (Packaging Impact Quick Evaluation Tool) is an easy-to-use tool for comparing the environmental impacts of packaging designs.

It takes packaging designers, marketing professionals, environmental managers and anyone who understands their packaging 30 min to complete an assessment.

The tool also includes streamlined product life cycle assessment to allow a fully integrated analysis of product with its packaging.

Using a life cycle assessment methodology, the tool assesses the environmental impacts and resource consumption profiles of different packaging options over the whole product life cycle.

It can be used to measure and improve packaging’s environmental performance by: identifying hotspots throughout the supply chains; benchmarking design options and improvements; using multiple indicators and outputs for internal and external reporting; communicating environmental benefits; and building capacity in teams to integrate sustainability into the business.

The product is customisable for repeat inputs such as transportation and materials, has multiuser management functionality and takes into account the impact of wasted product, highlighting the role of packaging in preventing product waste.